Saturday, November 23, 2013

Easy felt flower diy

To complement a butterfly costume, I made a felt flower hair clip. It's really easy to make and versatile as you can make it in any color combo you like.

I'll make some more pics when I make another one.

Materials needed:

Needle

thread in the color of the top petals

Two sheets of felt in a color of your choice

A pom pom thingy 1 cm diameter (0.4 inch though 0.5 is fine too)

A hair clip (see pic) no larger than 5 cm or 2 inches

There are six petals to each level and all our the same size.

The bottom of the petal is 2 cm wide, 1 inch will work. The length is 5 cm, or 2 inches.

Just draw a petal (with those measurements) that you find pretty on a piece of paper and use that to cut 6 petals of each color.

Cut a square out of the bottom petal color. The side should be the same length as your hair clip. You are going to sew your flower on here and attach it to the clip.

Bottom petal circle (light pink in pic):

Take three petals and sew the corners together. Do the same with the other three. You now have two circles of petals. Lay them on top of each other as seen in the pic above and center them on the square. Sew the petals on the square by whip stitching the inner circle.

Upper petal circle (dark pink in pic):

Take one corner of a petal and fold it over so the corner is now resting in the middle of the petal. See pic. Whip stitch back to the new corner.

Take a second petal and attach the corner of the first to the bottom center of the second. Now fold the corner of the second petal as you did the first.

The corner of the second petal should be touching the new corner of the first.

Whip stitch to the new corner of the second petal and repeat with the next 4 petals. The last petal should be attached to the first. You should now have a circle of petals that have one side folded over and are arranged as seen in the pic above.

Center the second circle of flowers on the first and whip stitch on the square in the same way as before.

Put the pom pom in the center and attach by pulling the needle through the square and the center of the pom pom leaving a good piece of thread behind. Then plunge right back through just next to where your needle came out. Tie a knot at the back of the square.

Your flower is done. You only need to attach it to the hair clip.

Lay your hair clip diagonally on the square. My clip had a tiny hole on either side. I folded the corners of the square over and sewed them onto the holes. The other two corners I cut off .5 cm or 1/4 inch from the side of the clip. I linked these pieces by going under and over the clip tucking the corners in at the side. This way the clip is attached to the flower without being able to see it.

I probably should have made some more pictures to explain but it really is quite simple.

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